§ 54. Mr. SNOWDENasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that largely the indoor subordinate staff of Poor Law union institutions are on duty for seventy-five to eighty hours per week of seven days; that the National Association of Poor Law Officers have compiled a Return which affords; particulars and ample proof of this; and whether he is prepared to issue an instructianal letter to the boards of guardians of England and Wales on the subject, recommending that their indoor subordinate staff should not be employed for more than sixty hours per week of seven days?
§ Mr. BURNSI have not yet received from the association a copy of the Return referred to, and at the present moment I could hardly say what course I could adopt in regard to it.